Index
Rural and Small Public Libraries: Challenges and Opportunities
ISBN: 978-1-78743-112-6, eISBN: 978-1-78743-111-9
ISSN: 0065-2830
Publication date: 10 November 2017
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(2017), "Index", Real, B. (Ed.) Rural and Small Public Libraries: Challenges and Opportunities (Advances in Librarianship, Vol. 43), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 219-223. https://doi.org/10.1108/S0065-283020170000043012
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Copyright © 2018 Emerald Publishing Limited
INDEX
ABCD. See Asset-based community development (ABCD)
Academic
librarians
, 3
paraprofessional
, 134
Access networks
, 107–8, 114
Accuracy
, 24, 77–79
Action research (AR)
, 87, 98–99, 118–20
ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act)
, 163
Advocacy
, 8, 30, 38–39, 56–57, 156, 176–77, 207–9, 212
Advocacy campaigns
, 86
Affordability
, 24, 27, 31
Affordable Care Act
, 113
Aging and inadequate library buildings
, 50–52
ALA (American Library Association)
, 20, 22, 32, 34, 38–40, 45, 48, 58, 117, 174, 206, 217
Alaska libraries
, 85, 88, 90
American public libraries
, 52
Archival databases
, 159
Archival memory building
, 168
Archives
ethical role
, 178
small rural
, 168, 173
Asset-based community development (ABCD)
, 64–65
approach
, 64, 67
connections
, 65
descriptions
, 67
framework
, 63–64
goals
, 67
initiatives
, 62–69, 80–81, 91–93
literature
, 70
paradigm
, 65
perspective
, 63, 85, 88, 90
research problem/questions
, 63–64
rural public libraries
, 68–91
Assets
cultural
, 66
identifying
, 65
monetary
, 68
potential
, 6
socia
, 62, 68, 93
tangible physical
, 68
Assets
, 65–68
Assets libraries
, 6
Basic technology skills
, 43–44
Bookmobiles
, 3, 7, 69–70, 72, 75–76, 181–82, 186–89, 200–201
Broadband
access
, 18–19, 48, 86, 204
access plans
, 17
adoption
, 35, 110, 118, 131
adoption rate
, 27
availability
, 131
capacity
, 43, 110
connections
, 14
deployment
, 4
infrastructur
, 69
national
, 34
services
, 48
and technological capacity
, 42–43
Broadband Expansion Plan
, 26
Budget
annual acquisition
, 212
member library system’s
, 54
significant
, 9
small library’s
, 27
stable
, 130
Building communities
, 63–64, 67, 95, 147, 151, 217
Business development
, 69
Business operators
, 6
Business plan
, 121
Business registration, ranked
, 106
Business, mobile
, 189
Capacity
local
, 129
rural branch service hour
, 81
technological
, 39, 42, 52
Capital
aggregate
, 67
cultural
, 66, 68
financial
, 67
human
, 148
Categories
demographic
, 136–37
highest count
, 105, 107–8, 112–13
Center for Home Movies (CHM)
, 195, 197, 200–201
Challenges
cultural
, 129
infrastructural
, 160
potential
, 113
Change agency
, 151
Classes
formal
, 43–44, 47
interactive
, 139
privileged
, 184
Collaboration
important
, 213
potential
, 115, 169
regional
, 56
Common Heritage
, 179
Communication technologies
, 13, 124–25, 144, 148, 151, 153
Communications
asynchronous
, 139
effective
, 132
personal
, 192
private
, 139
telephonic
, 18
Communications Act
, 18, 35
Community
, 157–159
Community assets
, 65, 67, 91, 94
Community associations
, 65
Community benefits
, 10
Community development
, 62, 66, 68, 118, 144
Community engagement and group events
, 47–48
Community informatics (CI)
community informatics context
, 143–146
community-driven ICT deliverables
, 139–143
distance education to train librarians
, 131–133
ICTs
, 128–130
ITRL
, 134–138
perspective
, 126–128
rural communities
, 128–130
rural digital divides
, 133–134
rural libraries
, 130–131
Community innovation
, 148
Community inquiry
, 98–99, 130, 147
Community interaction
, 128
Community involvement
, 127–28, 130, 149
Community libraries
, 140, 156, 164
Community media
, 191
Community memory
, 166
Community spaces
, 15
Components
critical
, 66
implicit racial
, 160
information-related
, 98, 103, 109–10, 114, 121
ranked
, 109
Computer skills
, 20, 22, 44
least basic
, 2
moderate
, 29
Conceptualization
, 127, 143–44
force shaping
, 126
included
, 143
Connection speeds
, 42
Connections
, 23–24, 33–34, 52–53, 63, 67, 69, 125–26, 129, 132, 172–73, 177
higher-speed
, 31
new
, 67
personal
, 9
regional
, 191
state-level
, 54
subsidizing landline phone
, 18
thematic
, 173
webbed
, 177
Content
digital archival
, 171
documentary
, 190
local
, 195
nonfiction
, 190
relevant
, 111
respondent’s
, 103
Context
, 22, 94, 111, 125, 129, 131, 135, 143, 145, 156, 158, 168–69, 171, 204–6
community computing
, 151
complicated
, 168
cultural
, 126
local
, 135
Contributions
, 45, 149, 176
federal revenue
, 90
generous
, 116
important
, 63, 93
potential
, 62, 64, 92
significant
, 3, 31
state and federal
, 62, 88, 90, 92
Control
, 28, 55–56, 70–71, 95, 169
local
, 57
vocabulary
, 143
weak
, 55
Cooperation, lack of
, 55–57
Correlations
, 50, 72, 78
definite
, 52
highest
, 79
moderate
, 87
strong
, 86
Cultural dynamics
, 126
Cultural identities
, 8
Cultural institutions, larger
, 162–63
Data
collected
, 99
library systemwide
, 72
national-level survey
, 39
processed
, 41
providing baseline
, 102
public library survey
, 74
qualitative
, 102
reported
, 74
statistical
, 5, 38, 40
system-wide
, 62
Data analysis
, 102, 137
Data sets
, 40, 71–72, 74, 79, 103, 121
Decades
, 39, 42, 183, 195
Digital content
, 26–27, 29, 173
Digital inclusion
, 58, 95, 111, 118, 120
hindered
, 8
Digital inclusion activities
, 111
Digital inclusion of rural libraries
, 118
Digital inclusion organizations
, 110
Digital Inclusion Survey
, 5, 38, 40–42, 46, 58, 82–83, 93
Digital linkage
, 173
E-government transactions
, 131
Economic challenges
, 3, 133
Economic development
, 44, 66, 100, 102, 112–13, 118
Economic growth
, 26, 44–45, 118
Economic multipliers
, 67, 89
Economic viability
, 163, 166
Education Resources
, 210
Educational assistance
, 45–47
Educators
, 132, 135, 138
Employee spending
, 68
Employees
dedicated
, 54
full-time
, 163
part-time
, 84–85, 163
student
, 163
Employment and economic development
, 44–45
Events
civic engagement
, 48
fundraising
, 162
local
, 107
social
, 47
Faces
, 9, 193
Facilities
, 46, 51–52, 161
communal computing
, 131
library’s
, 52
public
, 147
public computing
, 130
spacious
, 205
Factors
, 17, 24, 30, 37, 40, 52, 57, 67, 88, 131, 157, 160
local demographic
, 80
multiple situational
, 131
significant
, 6
social
, 15
Film programs
, 185–86, 188
Film societies
, 184
Films
bring-your-own
, 197
documentary
, 186
fictional
, 197
Government rules
, 103
Grant funding
, 6, 174, 175
Hamilton County Bicentennial Public Library
, 101
Home Movie Day
, 197–198
Home movies
, 8, 173
Human Right
, 15, 16–21
Information and communication technology (ICT)
access
, 17–18
development
, 129
policies
, 140
Innovation
in libraries
, 211, 215
Institute of Museum and Library Services’ (IMLS)
data
, 40, 63
fringe
, 79
Public Libraries
, 5
Internet access
, 16–21
ITRL and ITRL2
activities
, 128, 131
context of
, 126, 129
courses
, 140
ITRL2 courses
, 140
ITRL2 participants
, 134
ITRL2 programs
, 144, 145
Library assets
, 64, 69
Life cycle
, 190–191
Multi-tiered cooperation
, 53–55
Northeast Historic Film (NHF)
, 191–194
Online classes
, 26
Online information
, 175
Open-source software (OSS)
, 142
Public libraries
capitalized rural
, 93
identified rural
, 68
Public Library Association (PLA)
, 174
Public library materials
, 183–185
Reclaiming film
, 195–196
Rural landscape
, 167
Rural libraries
, 186–188
Rural library assets
, 77, 79
Rural locales, different types of
, 41–42
Rural public libraries
and ABCD
, 68–91
Internet
, 42
scholarship
, 2–4
Rurality
, 157–159
Service expansion
, 48–49
Staffing and hours open
, 49–50
Statewide and regional solutions
, 52–53
Tennessee
desired public library use
, 108
information-related challenges
, 106–107
participant demographics
, 104–105
public library small business toolkit
, 109
regional libraries
, 100–101
research methods
, 102–104
rural context in
, 99–100
small businesses
, 105–106
Texas Archive of the Moving Image (TAMI)
, 194–195
Tribal experience
advocacy
, 208–209
Charlie Benally Kinyaa’áani Library, Diné College, Navajo Nation
, 211–212
education
, 208–209
innovation in libraries
, 211
Old Pascua Museum and Yaqui Cultural Center, Tucson, Arizona
, 207–208
partnerships
, 209–210, 213–214
regionalism
, 209–210, 213–214
rural information ecosystem
, 210–211, 214–215
training
, 208–209
Unemployment
, 21, 70, 78
- Prelims
- Introduction: Rural Public Libraries in Academic and Political Contexts
- Rural Libraries and the Human Right to Internet Access
- Rural Public Libraries in America: Continuing and Impending Challenges
- Exploring Rural Public Library Assets for Asset-Based Community Development
- A Gap Analysis of the Perspectives of Small Businesses and Rural Librarians in Tennessee: Developments Toward a Blueprint for a Public Library Small Business Toolkit
- Rural Librarians as Change Agents in the Twenty-First Century: Applying Community Informatics in the Southern and Central Appalachian Region to Further ICT Literacy Training
- Defining Community Archives within Rural South Carolina
- Exhibiting America: Moving Image Archives and Rural or Small Libraries
- Rural and Small Libraries: The Tribal Experience
- Index